ALUMNO:

DANIEL JIMENEZ CAMACHO

IDENTIFICATION OF A DISABLING
AMAGO
A lack of control is an unwanted entry of formation
fluids into the well. This is because the formation
pressure exceeds the hydrostatic pressure exerted by
the mud against a permeable formation. If it is
recognized and treated on time, it can be handled and
disposed of safely. But if it is allowed to continue until
it becomes uncontrollable, it can be a blowout, which
is nothing more than an uncontrolled upwelling.
 There are several parameters to identify the
upwelling among which we have:

 Increased drilling speed "ROP".

 Shape and size of the cuts.
 Collapse of the shale.
 Increase in torque and drag.
 Increase in gas content.
 Decrease in the density of the shale.
 Increase in the level of mud in the tanks.
 Well flowing in static conditions.
 Variation in the weight of the string.
 Shape and size of cuts
The size of the cuttings generally decreases with the
wear of the drill bit during drilling and if an increase
occurs in the cuttings it is an indicator that we are in
an abnormal area and that we may have unwanted
fluids.
 Collapse of the shales
The crumbling shales affect the drilling by causing
dragging problems by narrowing the well, filling in the
bottom and eventually causing the drill pipe, or other
tools to be trapped.
Increase in torque and drag
The increase in torque and drag refers to when collapse
occurs in the well they stick to the pipe and thus
generates more weight so it increases more torque and
will have more drag due to the weight generated by
these.
 Increase in gas content
The increase in gas content in the drilling fluid is a
good indicator of areas of abnormal pressure.

Decrease in the density of the shales

Any reduction of the trend can be interpreted as a
zone of higher pore pressure, since the high pressure
shales are of lower density than those of normal
pressures. This is the result of the pore fluids trapped
in shale sections during the compaction process.
Increase in the level of mud in
the tanks
The formation fluid that enters the well will displace
or cause fluid to flow out of the well, resulting in an
increase in volume in the tanks. The increase in tank
volume will warn the crew that an upwelling has
occurred. All tanks of the circulation system must be
measured and marked in such a way that it can be
quickly noticed that there is an increase in volume.
Well flowing in static conditions
his case is seen when, due to a suspicious problem, we
stop the drilling (rotation) and raise the string until
the last connection made and check whether the well
is flowing or not. If this flows is an indicator that we
have an invasion of an unwanted fluid
Variation in the weight of the
string
The fluid inside the well provides a means of flotation.
This means that the weight of the tube column within
the sludge decreases by an amount equal to the weight
of the fluid displaced by the tubes. The heavier the
fluid (or the greater its density), the greater the
flotation that the fluid will provide. If an increase in
the weight of the column is observed, this increase
could be due to an influx of formation fluid that has
decreased the density of the fluid around the tubes.
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